André Pierre Gignac’s statements in The Last Word continue to give something to talk about. The French striker spoke for the first time about his controversial scoring against Veracruz in the 2019 Opening of Liga MX. During the interview, the top scorer in the history of Tigres indicated that his intention was not to score against the Red Sharks, who refused to play during the first minutes of the duel in protest against his directive.
Gignac indicated that he was looking to burst the ball into the stands and ended up scoring a goal in the goal guarded by Sebastián Jurado. At the time, the French attacker’s gesture was harshly criticized by Liga MX fans and the media. In the recent interview, the Frenchman assured that it was not his intention to take advantage of the sharks’ protest to score and that he even sought the Mexican Soccer Federation to invalidate this target.
Ángel Reyna, who was a player for the Red Sharks at the time, came out shortly after to question Gignac’s statements. The controversial former player posted a story on Instagram that contained the following message: “Liar dog, now it turns out… If you said something else there. Hypocrite.” The former player of America, Chivas de Guadalajara, Monterrey and Necaxa did not elaborate on his statements.
In the interview with Fox Sports, André Pierre Gignac commented that during the Veracruz protest there were many misunderstandings. At first both teams would stop playing for one minute and then it was agreed that the teams would stop for three minutes. The Frenchman considered this score as a stain on his career in Mexican soccer.
“I’m not going to lie, I wanted to make a big splash in the stands and sometimes incredible goals come out of me and he went in. And I do regret it a bit, but the truth is that three minutes had passed and I didn’t want to score a goal,” Gignac said.
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